Rik M
@spetsdad.bsky.social
He/him (for want of anything better). Business Analyst. Ex-programmer. Archer (resting). Knitter. Sometime leathercrafter. Husband and father.
That sounds like an insane assertion, unless he's simply saying "no one has tested this", which would be just begging the question
November 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
That sounds like an insane assertion, unless he's simply saying "no one has tested this", which would be just begging the question
It's a perspective thing
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It's a perspective thing
"he's not that sort of rapist, he's this other sort" 🤷
November 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"he's not that sort of rapist, he's this other sort" 🤷
Have young people you interact with... (No, not like that...)
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Have young people you interact with... (No, not like that...)
And I just saw this:
bsky.app/profile/step...
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
And I just saw this:
bsky.app/profile/step...
bsky.app/profile/step...
This... Is not a defense.
"He liked young girls, not really young girls, though. Not babies, just too young" 🤦
"He liked young girls, not really young girls, though. Not babies, just too young" 🤦
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This... Is not a defense.
"He liked young girls, not really young girls, though. Not babies, just too young" 🤦
"He liked young girls, not really young girls, though. Not babies, just too young" 🤦
Our place introduced an "AI assistant" for finding policies and procedures... Works about as well as you might expect
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Our place introduced an "AI assistant" for finding policies and procedures... Works about as well as you might expect
Waterproof case and a long lanyard...?
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Waterproof case and a long lanyard...?
"where are you hit?"
<Groaning> "got me right in the replies..."
<Groaning> "got me right in the replies..."
November 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"where are you hit?"
<Groaning> "got me right in the replies..."
<Groaning> "got me right in the replies..."
Given his persecutions, it's probably best he stuck with cabbages...
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Given his persecutions, it's probably best he stuck with cabbages...
Unfortunately, it all comes down to whether they can con govt into supporting them (odds look good on that ffs). Business won't be able to feed them enough cash to keep them afloat. Arguably there isn't enough cash (at all), but govts can print money 🤷
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Unfortunately, it all comes down to whether they can con govt into supporting them (odds look good on that ffs). Business won't be able to feed them enough cash to keep them afloat. Arguably there isn't enough cash (at all), but govts can print money 🤷
Well, until the bubble bursts and it all comes crashing down, at least...
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Well, until the bubble bursts and it all comes crashing down, at least...
The bad Aaronovitch brother...
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The bad Aaronovitch brother...
So... What happens to Pennywise, now...?
November 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
So... What happens to Pennywise, now...?
That is jaw droppingly bigoted, even for the Observer...
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
That is jaw droppingly bigoted, even for the Observer...
The HRA isn't just a convenient tool in some cases... It's supposed to underpin the whole system. Everything contentious (even if that's true) has to abide by it...
November 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The HRA isn't just a convenient tool in some cases... It's supposed to underpin the whole system. Everything contentious (even if that's true) has to abide by it...
Perhaps someone should tell him: if the left are hostile to you and the right are not... It says more about you than the left/right 👀
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Perhaps someone should tell him: if the left are hostile to you and the right are not... It says more about you than the left/right 👀
So it was a Johnny Cash lyric, paraphrased humourously, in response to an article on Johnny Cash...? 🤦
November 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
So it was a Johnny Cash lyric, paraphrased humourously, in response to an article on Johnny Cash...? 🤦
Want there a "flight" which turned out to be a replacement bus service...?
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Want there a "flight" which turned out to be a replacement bus service...?